English-Italian translations for contempt

• disdegno
• disprezzo
  Il secondo è il disprezzo dell'infanzia. The second factor is contempt towards children.
  Tali ministri trattano con disprezzo la volontà del Parlamento. They treat the will of Parliament with contempt.
  Diversamente, a lungo termine rischiamo il disprezzo da parte della popolazione. Not to do so is to risk long-term public contempt.
• vilipendio

Definition of contempt

• The state or act of contemning; the feeling or attitude of regarding someone or something as inferior, base, or worthless; scorn, disdain
• The state of being despised or dishonored; disgrace

Related words

• contemptible
• contemptuously
• contemptuous
• contemptor
• contempt of court
• contempt for death
• familiarity breeds contempt
• hold in contempt
• beneath contempt